Introduction into natural environments shifts the gut microbiome of captivity-raised filter-feeding bivalves.

ABSTRACT: The gut microbiome is influenced by host species and the environment, but how the environment influences the microbiome of animals introduced into a new ecosystem has rarely been investigated. Freshwater mussels are aquatic fauna, with some threatened or endangered species propagated in hatcheries and introduced into natural systems as part of conservation efforts. The effects of the environment on the freshwater mussel gut microbiome were assessed for two hatchery-propagated species (Lampsilis ovata, Lampsilis ornata) introduced into rivers within their natural range. Mussels were placed in rivers for 8 weeks, after which one subset was collected, another subset remained in that river, and a third subset was reciprocally transplanted to another river in the same river basin

SUBMITTER: Vaughn SN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11538807 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature